This week's schedule! June 11th-17th, 2007

MONDAY 6/11
10:00am - KT to see Lon's show at Fallon School
1:30pm - Meeting with Marcia Zammarelli
5:00-7:00pm - Snow White rehearsal; full cast
7:00-9:00pm - Cinderella rehearsal; full cast (run-through of Cindy)

TUESDAY 6/12
3:30-5:30pm - Little Red Dress rehearsal; full cast for 6/15 performance

WEDNESDAY 6/13
11:00am - Meeting at West Kingston Elementary School (re: I'm Special... feedback)
5:30-7:00pm - Dial M rehearsal with Chris
7:00-9:00pm - Cinderella, Too! rehearsal, music and costume fittings; Lisa H., Jamie, Emily, Graham, Jordan
9:15pm - costume fitting w/ Meredyth

THURSDAY 6/14
Happy Flag Day!
5:00-7:00pm - Alice in Wonderland rehearsal; full cast (except Connie)
7:00-9:00pm - Frog Prince rehearsal; full cast

FRIDAY 6/15
1:30pm - Little Red Ridinghood performance at Lonsdale School, Lincoln, RI. Calltime 12:30pm at Lonsdale or 11:45am at Kscope.

SATURDAY 6/16
8:00am-2:00pm - Flea Market at Homestead Gardens. Set-up at 6:30am.
10:00am - Dance rehearsal, Emily and Graham (no Ginny)
6:00pm - Dial M for Matrimony performance at Alpine Country Club. Calltime 5:00pm at ACC or 4:15pm at Kscope.

SUNDAY 6/17
Happy Father's Day!

Attention creatures of Wonderland...

(This message is just for the cast of ALICE IN WONDERLAND.)

Hi everybody!

Our first rehearsal for ALICE is just one week away - hooray! I wanted a chance to talk about a few things before we all get together.

Be prepared for a rehearsal process that's a little bit different than what you might be used to. I will be giving you homework assignments (little simple things... for example, researching where the phrase "mad as a hatter" comes from... nothing gargantuan and involved like a research paper on the life of Lewis Caroll!) for you to present to the rest of us at the next rehearsal. I will be looking for input from you to help to create this show together! We might play games to help reach beyond our boundaries, and further develop our characters. We will be exploring a lot of ways to think "outside the box" in order to help create a world in which the "box" itself doesn't even exist.

Alice is a little girl who has been told her entire life what is "proper". She has been denied the freedom and bliss of childhood for so long, that her subconscious eventually embarks upon a revolution, and throws her into a world where literally anything can happen. Although this revolution takes place in the form of a dream, Alice doesn't realize this - to her, it is reality. We want the audience to join her on this journey to a sillier, wackier, zanier reality, and to experience the cornucopia of emotions that arrive with it. It will be scary at times, and thrilling at times, and hopefully will be not only funny, but also very fun! I hope that you are all as excited as I am to discover the places that the mind can take us when unfettered by restrictions, and free to fall into its own Wonderland!

At our first rehearsal, I plan on jumping right into blocking the opening number of the show. We don't have a lot of time to get the show mounted, since I only have our leading lady for the first three rehearsals! After we work a scene, please be off-book (this means lines, lyrics, blocking, and choreography!) for the next rehearsal, even if we are not planning on running it. (For example, if we have extra time on 6/26 we might run the Tea Party scene.) Being off-book at the next rehearsal will allow us to begin working in-character instead of off-the-page.

A tentative rehearsal schedule is as follows:

Thursday, June 14, 5-7
Meet/greet, discussion about the show/charaters, blocking of "Alice"
Unavailable: Connie
Called: All but Connie

Tuesday, June 19, 4-7
Block all Sister scenes (4-5), continue "Alice" and begin Croquet scene (5-7)
Unavailable:
Called: Jessica (4-5), Ariana (4-7), and everyone else except Mia (5-7)

Thursday, June 21, 4-7
Block all Cheshire Cat scenes (4-5), block Tea Party and Caterpillar scenes (5-7)
Unavailable: Connie
Called: Katherine (4-5), Ariana (4-7), Mark (5-7), Graham (5-7), Mia (5-7)

Tuesday, June 26, 5-7
Block end of "Croquet" through end of show
Unavailable: Ariana, Mark
Called: All except Ariana and Mark

Thursday, June 28, 5-7
Block Cards' scene, run what we've blocked thus far
Unavailable: Ariana, Connie
Called: All except Ariana and Connie

Thursday, July 5, 5-7
Block Duchess/Cook scene, work Croquet scene
Unavailable: Katherine, Mia
Called: Ariana, Connie, Jessica, Graham, Cards

Tuesday, July 10, 5-7
Plug-ins, stumble-through of show
Unavailable: Katherine, Jessica
Called: All except Katherine and Jessica

Thursday, July 12, 5-7
Run-through of show w/ costumes
Unavailable:
Called: All

Monday, July 16, 7-9 (note: this is the only rehearsal that is 7-9)
Dress Rehearsal - run-through of show w/ costumes
Unavailable:
Called: All

Performances Tuesday, July 17 and Wednesday, July 18.

Please respond to this post with the following info:
1) Your name and character
2) Whether or not you will need a script at the first rehearsal
3) Whether or not you will need a recording of the music (if so, you will need to drop off a tape at some point)
4) Something you find both exciting and scary
5) Any additional rehearsal conflicts you might have that I do not already know about
(Note: to reply to this post, click below on "comments", type your reply in the text box, retype the word verification, select either "other" or "anonymous" as your identity, and click "publish your comment")

Still awaiting responses from:
Katherine

Release Stan Shunpike!

Here's something that Tommy and I "just happened to stumble upon" on our way back from RIC...

But it's just not the same with poor Stan still stuck in Azkaban...

This week's schedule! June 4th-10th, 2007

MONDAY, 6/4
6:30pm - Doc/Grumpy Callback with Donnie-Ray Brearton and Rebekah Philip
6:30pm - Dance rehearsal with Emily and Graham (no Ginny)
7:00-9:00pm - CINDY/C2 rehearsal (no Chris, Newell)

TUESDAY, 6/5
10:00am - Meeting with National Amusements
1:00pm - THREE PIGS rehearsal with Jillian R-K
2:00pm - Meeting with Dan DeLange re: CINDY 2 music
3:30-5:30pm - LITTLE RED rehearsal
7:00-9:00pm - DIAL M rehearsal (No Ryan)

WEDNESDAY, 6/6
Tommy to GOH to see Singin' In The Rain
7:00-9:00pm - CINDY/C2 rehearsal (just Graham, Lisa H., Jamie)

THURSDAY, 6/7
3:00-5:00pm - LITTLE REH Dress rehearsal
7:00-9:00pm - DIAL M rehearsal

FRIDAY, 6/8
1:00pm - LITTLE RED performance at St. Dominic, Southington, CT. Calltime 10:00am at Kscope.
Nicki/Chris to see "Love & Law" at Beacon
6:00pm - Mackenzie's Birthday Party w/ Cinderella & Prince Charming. Calltime 4:30pm.
7:00pm-9:00pm - DIAL M Dress rehearsal (6/9 cast only)

SATURDAY, 6/9
11:00am - Dance rehearsal with Emily and Graham (w/ Ginny)
6:00pm - DIAL M performance at Homestead Gardens. Calltime 4:00pm.

SUNDAY, 6/10
1:30pm - THREE PIGS performance at Homestead Gardens. Calltime 11:30am at THG or 10:30am at Kscope.
Tony Awards!

This Week's Schedule 5/28 - 6/2

MONDAY 5/28
Happy Memorial Day!!

TUESDAY 5/29
1:00pm - Meeting at THG
6:15pm - SW audition w/ Dale Gustafson
7-9pm - "I'm Special" rehearsal

WEDNESDAY 5/30
3-5pm - "Little Red" rehearsal
7-9pm - "DIAL M" rehearsal

THURSDAY 5/31
1:00pm - Audution w/ Michael Hammond
3:00pm - Meeting w/ Marcia Zammarelli
6:00pm - Audution w/ Holly Shadoian
7-9pm - "I'm Special" rehearsal

FRIDAY 6/1
9:15am + 10:15am - "I'm Special" Performances (N. Scituate Elem.) call @ 8:15am
3:30-5:30pm - "Little Red" rehearsal
7-9pm - "DIAL M"

SATURDAY 6/2
10:00am-12:30pm - Dance rehearsal and Press Photo with Graham and Emily

Kaleido-Sweatshirts!

THE SWEATSHIRTS ARE IN!
Please come in to pick it up and bring in your money ($27.00)! If you plan to write a check - make it payable to David Payton.

Thanks in advance!
:)

Mark Your Social Calendars!

It's soon to be...

PARTY TIME!!!

Everyone needs to reserve the following two dates....

On Saturday, August 25th, Kaleidoscope Theatre will be celebrating the end of the 2007 Summer Tour with our annual Pool Party!

Then, on Friday, October 26th, Kaleidoscope will host a masquerade ball marking the Theatre's 30th ANNIVERSARY! More details to follow...

CALL FOR THE SUMMER!!!

Anyone interested in working at the concession stand or as an Assistant Stage Manager this summer, please e-mail Nicki@kaleidoscopetheatre.com! Slots will be given out on a first come, first serve basis!